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** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] humorously in the Tooth and Claw episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', where a running gag was Rose trying to get Her Majesty to say it to win a bet with the Doctor.
** Also true about the phrase "[[Lie Back and Think of England]]." She and Albert loved each other passionately (in both senses of the word) - none of that for ''them''!
*** As the discussion for that trope's page concluded, in order to make the quote more in line with the Victoria's ''actual'' conduct, it must be reinterpreted as advice on what to do when ''not'' having any sex.
** A possible example is the claim that she detested a northern city so much that she always had the curtains closed on her train when passing through it--the reason why this is suspicious is that it's claimed by multiple places, including Newcastle and Edinburgh.
*** Again, almost certainly apocryphal - Victoria was too soft-hearted to hold a grudge against an entire city.
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* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Victoria was 4'11"; Albert was about six feet. The sight of them together was thought to be amusing by the kind of people that that sort of thing amuses.
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: [http://www.workmall.com/wfb2001/united_kingdom/queen_victoria_portrait.jpg Oh, she most certainly was]. Much of the justification for ''[[The Young Victoria]]''.
** [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Winterhalter_-_Queen_Victoria_1843.jpg Or try this one].
* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Victoria and her husband Albert were first cousins; Albert's father and Victoria's mother were brother and sister.
* [[Massive -Numbered Siblings]]: Victoria had nine children herself, all of whom survived to adulthood. Considering the intermarriage that took place among European royalty, almost every royal family in Europe is or was somehow related to her. Victoria was also a carrier of the haemophilia gene ([[Doctor Who|or the werewolf gene, if you like]]) which ended up manifesting itself in one of the children of Tsar Nicholas II, resulting in the influence Rasputin had over the family.
* [[Long Runner]]
* [[Lord Error-Prone]]: the nearly-senile Lord Raglan, and the pugnacious and nearly-idiotic Earl of Cardigan (who invented Raglan sleeves and Cardigan sweaters, by the way), in the Crimean War. Together with a few others (Captain Nolan, the Earl of Lucan), and with Raglan's [[Poor Communication Kills|vague orders]], they caused the Charge of the Light Brigade. Raglan repeatedly referred to his enemies as "The French" (in a flashback to the Napoleonic Wars), even though the French were now on his side.
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* ''[[Mrs Brown]]'' starring Dame Judi Dench as the Queen mourning the death of Prince Albert and her friendship/romance with her unconventional Scottish servant John Brown.
* In ''[[Black Butler]]'', main character Ciel Phantomhive directly serves as her "watchdog" as part of his family's role and does what she wants to protect the country, essentially serving as England's black-ops.
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Tooth and Claw". A running subplot in the episode is a bet between the Doctor and his companion Rose whether or not they could get the Queen to say "I am not amused".
* A child Victoria makes an appearance in the [[Gaslamp Fantasy]] ''[[Sorcery and Cecelia|The Missing Magician]]''. Also it turns out that as she is of [[Royal Blood]], no one can cast spells on her because England's ley lines protect her.
* ''[[The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!|The Pirates in An Adventure With Scientists]]'' has Queen Victoria as a katana-wielding [[The Caligula|Caligula]] and [[Cruella to Animals]].
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